Specifically, eligible tablets are required to support AT&T Multi-band GSM, UMTS and/or LTE Tablet. Bringing over a tablet from another carrier might involve getting that carrier to unlock it and even then AT&T can’t promise all features will work.

The addition of tablet plans to AT&T’s GoPhone brand comes at the carrier recently folded its Aio Wireless brand into Cricket and decided not to bring Aio’s prepaid tablet plans along for the ride. Andy Smoak, vice president of products at New Cricket, said the carrier has seen the connected tablet trend move toward adding those devices into a shared data plan.